Immigration reform

Let’s try to tackle Immigration.  First of all we have certain laws that already deal with most immigration problems.  The idea that we need comprehensive reform is strictly a political response to a problem that does need attention but can be solved with commonsense.  We are the only country in the world that doesn’t strictly defend our borders.  Get caught crossing into any other country and you’ll be treated very badly, you won’t be given free food and housing and free medical.  You may need medical attention by the time you are reunited with your home country.  If you have been here because of the lack of border security for the last 10 years and have stayed out of trouble, you probably deserve an opportunity to earn the right to stay here.  You don’t automatically deserve the right to vote or the right to benefits from the government.  There are opportunities like enlisting in the military to gain citizenship but demanding citizenship just because you have been here is not going to fly with most Americans.  Being an American is more than anything a piece of paper can make you.  First most Americans are 2^nd and 3^rd generation immigrants, we are not saying we got ours and we don’t want anyone else to have the opportunity.  We are saying our parents and grandparents came here legally and fought through the red tape and the bigotry they encountered without benefit of welfare or any other free programs.  They came here and became part of the fabric of this country.  They weren’t here just to take advantage of the system and then go home. 

Americanism is a way of life and we don’t take our freedom lightly.  It is the result of millions of our brethren who gave the ultimate sacrifice by protecting those rights.  It’s the result of commonsense laws that have been in effect for generations, many ignored in recent years that have led to this problem.  It’s the result of a patriotism that is part of our lives.  When we see people tearing down our flag and putting up a foreign flag like happened a few years ago in California we are infuriated.  When we see masses of illegal’s jamming our Emergency Hospitals ruining the best medical system in the world we are not going to turn the other cheek.  When we see Billions of additional dollars being spent to print all of our laws in many languages, naturally it gets under our skin.  When our relatives came to America they had to learn our countries history, language and to show they could support themselves.   They found tough going, many were treated badly because of their heritage and their different traditions but they stood together and fought for their rights.  They became part of this fabric we call Americanism. 

As you see here in the United States we all don’t always agree, we each in our own way fight for what we think is right and eventually we come together as one.  When I see those who flee their own country I wonder why instead of fleeing why they don’t work to create their own democracy in their own country.  When our country was born it was a small group of people who came together to battle the British for our freedom.  The war was terribly one sided and our army was nothing more than a tattered bunch of farmers who felt freedom was worth more than their individual lives.  A government is nothing more than its people and when the people rise up and say enough either the government listens or it falls.  Here in America it’s done by voting and that is why we are so adamant about our citizenship.  Giving one the vote who doesn’t know or understand what America stands for is giving away everything this country has built.